Dodge Ram Complaints (1998)

1,390 consumer complaints on file.

#10068248May 3, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
OCTOBER 2003 LIFT PUMP FAILED LEFT STRANDED $1150.00 DEALER KEPT OLD PUMP FOR CORE. FEBRUARY 2004 INJECTOR PUMP FAILED ON INTERSTATE ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK. $1475.00 DEALER KEPT INJECTOR PUMP FOR CORE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071835April 29, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE DRIVING ON A HILL CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO COME TO A STOP AND BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND ONCE THE SPEED DROPPED BETWEEN 10-15 MPH. CONSUMER VEERED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, CRASHING INTO A GUARD RAIL. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071428April 23, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CONSUMER BROKE THE NOSE , AND CUT THE LIPS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10046405April 20, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED THE SPEED EXCEEDED THE SPEED SET BY THE CONSUMER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS ALSO A RECALL ON THE FUEL TRANSFER PUMP. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED, BUT NOW A NEW PUMP IS NEEDED. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10066827April 8, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE CHANGED GEARS ON ITS OWN. THEN, ENGINE RACED. CONSUMER FELT VEHICLE WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064291March 31, 2004
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TOTAL LOSS ON 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK-UP. ABS DID NOT WORK. WHEELS LOCKED, AND SKIDDED. LEFT ROAD. ENTIRE FRONT END, RIGHT SIDE, CENTER AND LEFTSIDE, WERE DESTROYED. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10065149March 29, 2004
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER STATED THAT ON 23 JANUARY 2004 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO GO ALL OVER THE ROAD. HE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED DUE TO TREAD PEALING OFF. THEN ON 3/23/04, ANOTHER TIRE DID THE SAME EXACT THING, THE TIRE SEPARATED JUST LIKE THE FIRST ONE. HERCULES TIRE, LT245/75R16. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062679March 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
FRONT SEAL OF MOTOR BUSTED/KNOW PROBLEM WITH DIESELS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062594March 19, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
FAILED FUEL LIFT/TRANSFER PUMP ON 1998.5/1999 24 VALVE DODGE CUMMINS DIESEL CAUSING ENGINE TO REFUSE TO START AND DAMAGING FUEL INJECTION PUMP COSTING OVER $2,000.00 TO REPLACE NOT COUNTING THE INCONVIENENCE OF BEING STRANDED AWAY FROM HOME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062649March 19, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1998 DODGE RAM 1500 TRANSMISSON; THE TRANMISSION FAILED ON MY TRUCK AT 60,000 MILES! EVIDENTLY, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE DODGE TRANSMISSIONS AND THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM.*AK NOBODY CAN SAY THAT 60,000 MILES IS RESONABLE FOR SUCH A MAJOR REPAIR (ABOUT $3,000 IN MY CASE). I WANT DODGE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM (RECALL PROBABLY) AND REIMBURESE ME FOR THIS REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062523March 18, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE 1998 DODGE RAM 1500 AT 49,000 MILES . PLEASE RECALL, THIS PROBLEM IS PRESENT WITH EVERYONE I KNOW THAT OWNES A DODGE WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062362March 16, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
PREMATURE LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE IN DODGE RAM 1500 . TRUCK HAS HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR SINCE 44K MILES AND DEALER AS WELL AS TIRE SHOPS FOUND NO EXPLANATION. WHEEL BEARINGS AND TIE ROD ENDS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AT 68K MILES BY MYSELF, WITH RIGHT SIDE TIE ROD SEVERELY WORN. I ASSUMED THE TIE ROD WAS THE TIRE WEAR PROBLEM AND DID NOT HAVE PROBLEMS ALIGNING FRONT END UNTIL THIS FEBRUARY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, CLUNK IN STEERING WAS EVIDENT, AND HANDLING BECAME ERRATIC. I CAREFULLY INSPECTED FRONT END AND DISCOVERED RIGHT SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT WORN TO POINT WHERE IT WAS ABOUT TO SEPARATE FROM SOCKET. LEFT SIDE JOINT IS SIGNIFICANTLY WORN AS WELL. LOOKING BACK, THE BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING OUT AT THE 44K MILE POINT. VEHICLE IS DRIVEN MAINLY ON HIGHWAY AND IN 30 YEARS OF DRIVING AND 9 VEHICLES THIS IS THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE A BALL JOINT FAILURE IN THIS MANNER AFTER ONLY 5 YEARS OF SERVICE. RESEARCH ON MY PART HAS INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS DODGE TRUCK OWNERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM, ONSETTING IN AS LITTLE AS 20K MILES CAUSING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS MY TRUCK, AND IF I WASN'T SO METICULOUS IN PERFORMING VEHICLE MAINTENANCE ON MY OWN THIS MAY WELL HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063152March 15, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10063235March 15, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM
THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES WERE PULLING THE BALL JOINTS OUT OF SOCKET, AND CAUSING THE WHEELS TO FALL OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057432March 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN THE DEALER BECAUSE THE HORN OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP/MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT DRIVER'S AIR BAG MUST BE REPLACED TO FIX THE HORN. *AK HORN HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO OPERATE SINCE CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE. HORN HAS TO BE DEPRESSED ON THE RIGHT SPOT TO WORK. VEHICLE HAS 55,000 MILES WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP FOR ITS REPAIR. CHRYSLER OFFERED TO SPLIT (50/50) THE COST WITH THE REPAIR ON HORN AND AIRBAG ASSEMBLY. CONSUMER FELT AT THAT TIME AND GIVEN THAT THEY HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THEIR VEHICLE THE SITUATION SHOULD BE CORRECTED. VEHICLE NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000 MILES AND CONSUMER SAID THAT CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE MATTER. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060118March 1, 2004
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
CLUTCH WHEN DEPRESS DOES NOT DISENGAGE. IT IS TO MY BELIEVE IT IS AN ENGINEERING FLAW IN THE CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER. IT HAPPENS MORE FEQUENT WHEN VECHILE IS WARM THAN COLD. I HAVE HAD TWO CLUTCHES REPLACED, 4 TRANSMISSIONS AND 6 SLAVE CYLINDERS REPLACED AND IT IS NOW IN THE REPAIR SHOP AGAIN WITH 93,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058631February 21, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
THE CRUISE CONTROL ON MY VEHICLE IS ERRATIC AND UNSTABLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059169February 17, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE LOST BRAKE POWER, AND CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE INTO SNOW ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO STOP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT RIGHT FRONT ROTOR BLEW APART, CAUSING THE LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055028January 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HORN IS HARD TO BLOW. REAR END MAKES WHINING NOISE AND IT STARTED USING 5 QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. I ONLY HAVE 36000 MILES ON IT. THEY REPLACED MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET AT MY EXPENSE. THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK RIGHT. LUCKILY I DIDN'T RUIN THE ENGINE THAT I KNOW OF. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH INTAKE GASKETS. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET A RECALL ON DEFECTIVE PARTS? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051960January 23, 2004
SUSPENSION
THE VEHICLE'S LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 38,000 MILES. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *NLM THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE "GREASED OUT." THE UPPER BALL JOINT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS OUT OF SUSPENSION AND GREASED OUT. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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